 FORÓGRA — PROCLAMATION. Election of Ceann Comhairle. Business of Dáil: Motion. Nomination of Taoiseach. Allocation of Time: Motion.  Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion.
The Taoiseach:   B’áil liom cead a chur in iúl, mar eolas don Dáil, ++++++++++ ++ A Deputy: He was a good Minister for the Environment too. The Taoiseach: Finally, I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate Paul Gallagher SC as + Deputy Enda Kenny: It seems to me that significant numbers of this Cabinet are already jaded. I ++ A Deputy: Hear, hear. Deputy Enda Kenny: ——and that from here on they will hang together or hang separately.+  7 o’clock Deputy Richard Bruton: Who could have said that? Deputy Enda Kenny: ——Ireland needs Green economics like a lettuce needs slugs.... ++ Deputy Pádraic McCormack: They took the shilling. Deputy Enda Kenny: Nothing illustrates the nature of this coalition more than the programme for +++++++++ Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae: Deputy Kenny would not give us a bob. Deputy Enda Kenny: They are like the L’Oreal independents — because they are worth it. (Interruptions). Deputy Enda Kenny: Every year I go to Kerry and I cycle through the Black Valley and by Canon + Deputy Finian McGrath: The Deputy should not worry. They will be. Deputy Enda Kenny: I know now why the Ceann Comhairle is in the Chair. After strangling the + Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae: I have no intention in the world of telling Deputy Kenny. Deputy Enda Kenny: The people did not vote for the Green Party to keep Fianna Fáil in power. + Deputy Dermot Ahern: Fine Gael’s advertising campaign was the most negative of all. Deputy Enda Kenny: On health, broadband, greening the tax code, upskilling workers, supporting + An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Kenny’s time has expired. Deputy Enda Kenny: There was one policy for which this Government has no mandate, namely, the + Deputy Willie O’Dea: Deputy Kenny’s party supported it, depending on to whom one talked. Deputy Enda Kenny: That has been rejected by the people, but the Government is now privatising the + An Ceann Comhairle: I call Deputy Rabbitte. (Interruptions). Deputy Enda Kenny: I regret very much that this is the case. An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Kenny is eating into the time of other Members. Deputy Enda Kenny: You are the man who said to me in Dingle many years ago that down here time + An Ceann Comhairle: I do not recall saying that, but time does matter up here and your time has + Deputy Enda Kenny: I want to say to the Taoiseach—— An Ceann Comhairle: I am calling Deputy Rabbitte. Your time has expired. (Interruptions). Deputy Johnny Brady: No respect is being shown to the Chair. Deputy Enda Kenny: I want to wish the Taoiseach the best of luck with his new Cabinet. He can + Deputy Pat Rabbitte: The election of a new Government is one of the great parliamentary occasions, ++++ Deputy Finian McGrath: We will deliver. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: It is an extraordinary dolly mixture. Like Deputy Mary Harney earlier today, ++ Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae: No doubt it has gone to their heads. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: We should leave heads out of this.++++ Deputy Pádraic McCormack: That is correct. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: ——that is, whatever happens we must get into power. Deputy Pádraic McCormack: Get in. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: Political power is taken by those in a position of political strength and the ++++++ Deputy Brian Cowen: Gross. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: A further income stream from the private insurance companies to cover private + Deputy Ruairí Quinn: He is making it an art form. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: ——not even Deputy Hanafin, had any idea of what was involved in +++++ Deputy Finian McGrath: Do not mind him, Deputy Sargent, hang in there. Deputy Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Sargent stated that, like 91% of his supporters, he did not want to see + Deputy Noel Dempsey: I propose to share time with Deputy Sargent. I thank the people of Meath, who +++++ Deputy Enda Kenny: I do not think they did. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan: Deputy Dempsey should not be like that. Deputy Noel Dempsey: Deputy Rabbitte cannot accept the result of his decision, taken some years ago, ++ Deputy P. J. Sheehan: Will Fianna Fáil be the stem or the stern of the boat? That is what we + Deputy Trevor Sargent: Lá mór stairiúil don Chomhaontas Ghlas é seo agus ++++++ Deputy Seán Sherlock: How much will that benefit farmers? Deputy Trevor Sargent: A GMO-free zone will enhance the livelihoods of farmers if Deputy Sherlock + Deputy Seán Sherlock: I know a lot about farmers. Deputy Trevor Sargent: We have to review waste policy to remove the problems being caused to many of +++ Deputy Pat Rabbitte: We were not going into government with them. Deputy Trevor Sargent: If it was not appropriate to question the Taoiseach then in the teeth of a general election campaign it is most cynical to decide now is the time. Deputy Enda Kenny: It is after the election. Deputy Trevor Sargent: The votes have been cast; the result is in the box—— Deputy Conor Lenihan: Hear, hear. Deputy Trevor Sargent: ——and we now have to work with what we have. An Ceann Comhairle: I call Deputy Bruton. Deputy Trevor Sargent: The tribunals will do their work and I have faith in them. The reality for + Deputy Richard Bruton: A Cheann Comhairle—— Deputy Trevor Sargent: I did not interrupt Deputy Bruton. If he does not mind I will just finish. An Ceann Comhairle: I call Deputy Bruton. Deputy Trevor Sargent: If Fine Gael really wanted to be in Government, its members should have looked + An Ceann Comhairle: I call Deputy Bruton. Deputy Trevor Sargent: |